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Alleged Death of a Child Through Starvation at Kilnhurst

December 1879
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Thursday 18 December 1879 Alleged Death of a Child Through Starvation at Kilnhurst Yesterday Mr. D. Wightman held an inquest at the...

The Alleged Child Starvation at Kilnhurst

December 1879
Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Wednesday 24 December 1879 The Alleged Child Starvation at Kilnhurst Yesterday afternoon Mr. Coroner Wightman concluded the inquiry into the case of...

South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull – March 1884

April 1984
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette, Wednesday 9 April 1884 South Yorkshire Collieries and Hull. The amount of trade done with Hull during the...

State of Coal Industry

March 1878
Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 23 March 1878 Barnsley, Friday. The whole district is in a very unsettled state, whilst trade was scarcely ever more depressed....

The Hull Coal Trade.

February 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette – Wednesday 13 February 1884 The Hull Coal Trade. The position of the South Yorkshire collieries in relation...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 17th February 1939

February 1939
Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 17th February 1939 Cases Admitted MONDAY: Horace Pond (18), 21 Birdwell Road, Kilnhurst — lacerations of face and concussion, at...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – 10th February 1939

10 February 1939
South Yorkshire Times,  Friday 10th February 1939 Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List The following cases were admitted to the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, during the...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – Friday 3rd February 1939

February 1939
South Yorkshire Times, Friday 3rd February 1939 Montagu Hospital  The Week’s Casualty List Cases admitted to the Montagu Hospital during the week:— SATURDAY: John Murphy (50), 127, Probert Avenue,...

Chronological Table of Principal Occurrences In 1883.

January 1884
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 11 January 1884 Chronological Table of the Principal Occurrences in the District In 1883. JANUARY 1.—A porter named Arthur Barber killed...

Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883.

January 1884
Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - Wednesday 09 January 1884 Hull and the Yorkshire Coal Trade In 1883. During the month of December,...

The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’.

January 1884
Sheffield Independent - Friday 04 January 1884 The Proposed Petty Sessional Court For Mexbro’. The inhabitants of Mexbro’ have much confidence that the proposed application at...

Kilnhurst 72 for 4 Denaby Main 53

9 May 1879
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May 9. Kilnhurst 72 for 4 Denaby Main 53. This match was played at Kilnhurst on Saturday, and resulted in...

Drunk at Swinton

June 1878
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 21 June 1878 James Farrell, of Kilnhurst, had been summoned by P.C. Pilmore, for being drunk at Swinton, on...

Selling Adulterated Spirits of Nitre at Kilnhurst.

June 1878
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 11 June 1878 Selling Adulterated Spirits of Nitre at Kilnhurst. Yesterday, at the Rotherham Police Court, John Colbeck, chemist and druggist,...

Annual Sunday School Parades

June 1879
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 04 June 1879 Kilnhurst   The annual gathering of the various Sunday schools of this village was held yesterday. A procession was formed...

The Kilnhurst Outrage – Hewitt’s Trial – 7. The Scene in Court

July 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times, July 8th 1892 The Scene in Court – Summary of Proceedings The West Riding Quarter Sessions are generally rather dull affairs, interesting...

The Kilnhurst Outrage – Hewitt’s Trial – 6. Judge’s Direction, Verdict, and Aftermath

July 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times, July 8th 1892 Judge’s Direction, Verdict, and Aftermath The Chairman, in reviewing the case to the jury, said it was one of...

The Kilnhurst Outrage – Hewitt’s Trial – 5. Witnesses , Character Evidence &...

July 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times, July 8th 1892 Witnesses for the Defence, Character Evidence & Summing Up Evidence in defence was then called. Susannah Jeffery, of Kilnhurst, said...

The Kilnhurst Outrage – Hewitt’s Trial – 4. The Defence

July 1892
Mexborough & Swinton Times, July 8th 1892 Defence Speech and Context Mr. Mellors made a strong appeal on behalf of the prisoner, his address to the...

Conisbrough Keep Hexagonal Vase

December 1970
South Yorkshire Times, December 5th 1970 Quote from the November issue of "Antique Dealer and Collector's Guide": "Green glazed hexagonal vase modelled in the form, of...

Father Christmas at Kilnhurst

September 1970
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 September 1970 The helicopter touches down at Kilnhurst on Tuesday and Father Christmas has arrived.  

A Jagger Portrait

May 1933
South Yorkshire Times, May 5th 1933 A Jagger Portrait A portrait of Miss Ruth Graves, daughter of Alderman J. G. Graves, the Sheffield philanthropist, by David...

Editorial – What of 1943 ?

2 January 1943
South Yorkshire Times January 2nd 1943 What of 1943 ? Standing on the threshold of 1943 the thought that is naturally uppermost in the minds of...

False Teeth Damaged – Kilnhurst Disturbance

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 30th 1943 False Teeth Damaged Kilnhurst Disturbance Kevin Flamnery (21), miner, of 85, Highthorn Road, Kilnhurst, was at Rotherham on Monday fined...

Youth Charged With Murder – Father’s Death from Head Wounds

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 20th 1943 Conisbrough Youth Charged With Murder Father’s Death from Head Wounds Pathologist’s Disclosure At Inquest A young Conisbrough haulage hand,...